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--- git_establishing_tracking_branches [2019/04/04 01:05] – rpjday
+++ git_establishing_tracking_branches [2019/04/04 01:53] (current) – [Track upstream branch from existing branch] rpjday
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   * ''stable''
-===== Start tracking an upstream branch =====
+<code>
+$ git fetch ln
+$ git branch -a
+* master
+  remotes/ln/akpm
+  remotes/ln/akpm-base
+  remotes/ln/master
+  remotes/ln/pending-fixes
+  remotes/ln/stable
+  remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
+  remotes/origin/master
+$
+</code>
+===== Track upstream branch from EXISTING branch =====
 <code>
-$ git branch [-u|--set-upstream-to=] ln/akpm [localname]
+$ git branch [-u|--set-upstream-to=] <origin/remote> [localname]
 </code>
-Examples:
+Create the branch to be set to track:
+<code>
+$ git checkout -b rday
+</code>
+Examples while on branch ''rday'':
 <code>
@@ Line 24: / Line 44: @@
 </code>
+===== Establish new tracking branch =====
+<code>
+$ git checkout ln/akpm             [detached head]
+$ git checkout --track ln/akpm
+$ git checkout -b myakpm ln/akpm
+$ git checkout -b
+</code>
+===== Seeing tracking branches =====
+<code>
+$ git branch -vv
+...
+* myakpm 1eff8dddb1af [ln/akpm] drivers/media/platform/sti/delta/delta-ipc.c: fix read buffer overflow
+...
+</code>
+===== Unset tracking branches =====
+<code>
+$ git branch --unset-upstream
+</code>